This Week in Startups #43 with Andy Smith

Jason’s guest this week was Andy Smith, CEO and Co-Founder of DailyBurn a social networking fitness site, that allows you to track what you eat, record your workout, join a challenge and find like minded people for support in your fitness goals.  Highlights this week include an in-depth discussion concerning TechStars and worst VC experiences and the winner of the Bing Perfect Pitch Contest.

Announcements:

• Jason will be taking the show on the road to SXSW, March 13th.


• We have a new CDN NetDNA to deliver the show to the iTunes feed, we think you’ll be happy.


• Microsoft Bing Map Augmented Reality TED talk.

00:19 Ask Jason: Sean O'Connor calls in to ask, how do I research market size in preparation for investment discussions?

00:28 Initial Interview with Andy:
Andy’s experience with TechStars
What it took to get in
An explanation of the program
How the TechStars community help each other
The TechStars program application is open.

00:37 Jason’s Shark Tank: Steven Schofield calls in to pitch Fidgetstick a social network site aimed at bringing like minded adventure sport enthusiast together.

00:51 Bing Perfect Pitch Contest, congratulations goes to Erick Arndt of Timeshare Juice.  Jason adds to the winnings in about 6 months Timeshare Juice and Propadoo (community choice) will come into studio to showcase their work.

00:56 Interview:

• What’s next for DailyBurn


• Fund Raising goals


• Bringing the team together


• Health issues in the US


• VC stories (Jason and Andy’s worst experience)

01:28 News with Lon Harris:

• Facebook Patent


• Palm in Trouble


• Shamu and Social Media


• Sexy App Ban by Apple


• Yammer Communities


• Yelp Lawsuit

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Comments

[UrK]

How is that the audio file is 340 Megs?
The download is too large to be downloaded from my phone. :(